John Foster is Screenwriter-in-Residence, involved in the teaching of screenwriting at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has taught on British Council overseas script development programmes, working with students in Ghana and Sri Lanka. He has published fiction in the Guardian and Spectator, written for radio and the theatre, worked as a script editor and researcher for the BBC, Central and Granada. His screenwriting credits include many episodes for TV series such as Z-Cars, Softly Softly, Crown Court, Emmerdale, Juliet Bravo, Rockliffe, Saracen, The Bill. He has also written childrens' serials, one-off dramas and dramatised documentaries, including a BAFTA award-winning BBC Omnibus on crime novelist Raymond Chandler. His screenplay Letters from a Killer was produced in 1998 starring Patrick Swayze, and he is contributor to the award-winning crime fiction collection, Mean Time. He is currently completing a novel, writing a screenplay commissioned by the Media School and involved in the creation of multi-media dance dramas.

1999 - 2004 Script Development Workshop Leader to Scriptnet - working overseas with upcoming Ghanaian (1999 and 2004) and Sri Lankan (2002 and 2003) screenwriters in the development of new short screenplays.

A six-part all-film childrens' drama set in the world of speedway. Creator and writer.

WATCH ALL NIGHT Granada

A seven-part children's drama. Creator and writer.

HEADHUNTERS BBCtv

Creator and writer commissioned drama series pilot and two episodes.

INSIDE TRACK BBCtv

Creator and writer commissioned drama series pilot.

'OMNIBUS' ON RAYMOND CHANDLER -

DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS

BAFTA award winner BBC1

Producer - Norman Swallow
Director - Fred Burnley

A dramatised biography of the American crime writer's impact upon contemporary writing, his influence upon film noir and Hollywood screenwriting, his characteristics as a writer. "Up amongst the ten best programmes shown on television" - Nancy Banks-Smith.

PROSPECT 125 BBCtv

75-minute drama commissioned and accepted.

POWER STRUGGLE Granada

Producer - Leslie Woodhead
Director - John Irvin

A 90-minute conspiracy thriller telling the true story of a Watergate-style cover-up concerning a nuclear power safety programme.

ONE AFTERNOON BBCtv

75-minute drama commissioned and accepted.

TROUBLEMAKERS Central

Producer - Brian Lewis
Director - Michael Houldey

Two 60-minute films dealing with the problems of truancy. Based upon true stories and set in Birmingham, where the films were shot.

MONTH OF THE DOCTORS BBC2

Producer - Peter Goodchild
Director - Roger Bamford

Two 90-minute films shot in Africa and America. A medical detective story - the epidemiological hunt for the virus carrying Lassa Fever.

THIRTY MINUTE THEATRE BBC2

Producer - Innes Lloyd
Director - Rodney Bennett

Two all-studio dramas

MURDER Granada

Producer - Richard Bates
Director - Jim Goddard

Two one-hour dramas.

NOBODY KNOWS Canadian Broadcasting

Company

A 90-minute police drama.

THE KILLER TRILOGY Yorkshire

Producer - David Cunliffe
Director - Michael Ferguson

One-Hour film dramas.

THE ROSE MEDALLION BBC1

Producer - Ron Craddock
Director - Peter Ellis

A 3x50 dramatisation of the thriller novel by James Grant.

IN YOUR OWN HANDS Westward Television

A 30-minute studio-based drama.

GWEN CST for Channel 4

A 90-minute portrait of the English countryside, a mix of drama and documentary, commissioned and accepted.

GOLD BBC Bristol

A 90-minute dramatisation of the Brinks Matt Robbery.

THE MURDER MAN ITC + South Australian Film Corporation

A 90-minute thriller television movie.

THE CRIME BROKER Portman Entertainment + C4 +

Sogavision

A 90-minute television movie.

A LICENCE TO LIVE CST + HTV

Producer - Steve Timmins
Director - Dirk Campbell

Two 60-minute low-budget experimental television films with Tony Robinson as a prison probation officer.